Principal Investigator(s):United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census

Summary:

These data from the 20-, 15-, and 5-percent samples of the 1970
Census contain population characteristics such as education, income,
citizenship, and vocational training. These characteristics are reported
for minor civil divisions (MCDs) or census county divisions (CCDs).
ICPSR has data for only 29 states. The
data are in DUALabs, Inc. compressed format and require the use of special
software.

Study Description

Citation

U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. CENSUS OF POPULATION AND HOUSING, 1970 [UNITED STATES]: SUMMARY STATISTIC FILE 4B: POPULATION [FOURTH COUNT]. ICPSR version. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census [producer], 197?. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1996. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08127.v1

(1) The number of cases (MCD/CCDs) varies by state. For the
entire United States, there are approximately 37,500 MCD/CCDs. (2) The codebook
is provided as a Portable Document Format (PDF) File. The PDF
format was developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated and can be accessed with
the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Information on how to obtain a copy of the Acrobat
Reader is provided through the ICPSR Website on the Internet. (3) The codebook
(Part 52) comprises Parts 1 and 2 of the 1970 Census Users' Guide published
by the Bureau of the Census. (4) In the 1970 Census Users' Guide, this data
collection is named "Fourth Count Population Summary Tape, File B."

Methodology

Data Source:

self-enumerated questionnaires

Version(s)

Original ICPSR Release:1984-06-28

Version History:

2006-01-12 All files were removed from dataset 52 and flagged as study-level files, so that they will accompany all downloads.

2006-01-12 All files were removed from dataset 52 and flagged as study-level files, so that they will accompany all downloads.

1997-02-13 An electronic codebook in PDF format has been added
as Part 52.